Most watched team in the Pac12 and it’s not even close:https://t.co/UJLdyMO1RS

— Loren Hosford (@LorenHos) July 6, 2022

The numbers next to each school indicate the average number of viewers per week for a 12-week season.
Streaming numbers are included when available. Games that do not have available data are counted as zero.
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Ohio State 5.22M

Michigan 4.74M

Alabama 4.64M

Penn State 3.87M

Georgia 3.61M

Oklahoma 3.46M

Auburn 3.22M

Michigan State 2.89M

Notre Dame 2.84M

Oregon 2.57M

Wisconsin 2.41M

Nebraska 2.29M

Texas 2.26M

Florida 2.21M

Arkansas 2.03M

LSU 1.90M

Texas A&M 1.86M

Mississippi 1.81M

Clemson 1.74M

Iowa 1.64M

Purdue 1.63M

Oklahoma State 1.58M

Tennessee 1.51M

Minnesota 1.28M

Florida State 1.27M

Indiana 1.24M

Iowa State 1.219M

Cincinnati 1.216M

UCLA 1.18M

Baylor 1.16M

Illinois 1.13M

Southern Cal 1.11M

Kentucky 1.08M

Navy 1.039M

Miami 1.038M

North Carolina 1.032M

Utah 994K

Washington 985K

Maryland 971K

West Virginia 948K

TCU 907K

BYU 893K

Mississippi State 858K

Army 804K

Texas Tech 798K

Stanford 778K

Arizona State 739K

Northwestern 716K

Boise State 657K

Kansas State 636K

Louisville 616K

Virginia 611K

South Carolina 575K

Pittsburgh 550K

Kansas 540K

Wake Forest 526K

NC State 525K

Rutgers 488K

Washington State 483K

Missouri 462K

Georgia Tech 459K

Virginia Tech 447K

UCF 407K

Colorado 366K

Tulsa 358K

Tulane 356K

Arizona 337K

Louisiana 334K

Oregon State 321K

South Florida 303K

East Carolina 301K

Air Force 255K

Appalachian State 241K

Houston 232K

Coastal Carolina 223K

California 222K

Syracuse 219K

San Diego State 198K

Memphis 193K

Western Michigan 171K

SMU 164K

UAB 163K

Northern Illinois 163K

Boston College 156K

Hawaii 139K

Ohio 130K

Eastern Michigan 122K

Buffalo 119K

Kent State 117K

Temple 112.7K

Ball State 112.6K

Western Kentucky 97K

Utah State 91K

Akron 90K

Marshall 85K

Nevada 78K

Duke 64K

UTEP 63K

Colorado State 59K

San Jose State 59K

UTSA 51.9K

Georgia State 51.7K

ULM 50K

Fresno State 45K

Wyoming 38K

Vanderbilt 37K

UNLV 34K

South Alabama 26K

New Mexico 25K

Troy 24K

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The 2021 "4 million club"
Here are all of the games that broke 4 million viewers this season:
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Ohio State at Michigan 15.89M

Alabama at Auburn 10.37M

Michigan at Michigan State 9.29M

Georgia at Clemson 8.87M

Alabama at Texas A&M 8.33M

Alabama at Florida 7.86M

Notre Dame at Florida State 7.75M

Oregon at Ohio State 7.73M

Auburn at Penn State 7.61M

Army vs. Navy 7.57M

Penn State at Ohio State 7.05M

Penn State at Iowa 6.90M

Oklahoma at Oklahoma State 6.49M

Kentucky at Georgia 6.37M

Ohio State at Minnesota 6.30M

Georgia at Florida 6.12M

Michigan at Penn State 5.942M

Oklahoma at Texas 5.940M

Georgia at Tennessee 5.78M

Alabama at Miami 5.67M

Arkansas at Alabama 5.46M

Penn State at Wisconsin 5.41M

Notre Dame at Wisconsin 5.37M

Ohio State at Nebraska 5.33M

Michigan State at Ohio State 5.29M

Wisconsin at Minnesota 5.05M

LSU at Alabama 5.00M

Oregon at Utah 4.82M

Mississippi at Alabama 4.79M

Washington at Michigan 4.75M

Purdue at Ohio State 4.74M

Tennessee at Alabama 4.68M

Michigan at Nebraska 4.63M

Georgia at Auburn 4.58M

Texas A&M at Colorado 4.50M

West Virginia at Oklahoma 4.50M

Michigan State at Purdue 4.40M

Michigan at Wisconsin 4.31M

Nebraska at Oklahoma 4.21M

Texas A&M at Arkansas 4.07M

Indiana at Penn State 4.00M

[/ol]There were 34 teams that played in at least one game that cracked 4 million viewers:
8 Alabama
7 Ohio State
6 Michigan, Penn State
5 Georgia
4 Oklahoma, Wisconsin
3 Auburn, Michigan State, Nebraska, Texas A&M
2 Arkansas, Florida, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Oregon, Purdue, Tennessee
1 Army, Clemson, Colorado, Florida State, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, LSU, Miami, Mississippi, Navy, Oklahoma State, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia

A conference with any ounce of good marketing would be stating the fact that OkState and us drew more viewers or as many as media darlings Washington Miami USC and UCLA.

Yep
A lot of this is getting posted on Twitter because there are some real delusional PAC 12 fans

Damn, that Vanderbilt number is unreal. You would think it would be way better given the big names they play in conference.

If I counted correctly, that places Baylor 30th in actual TV viewership last year. 5 SEC teams with lower viewership.

Clearly our appearance in the Big 12 Championship game and the Sugar Bowl boasted our numbers.

That is the type of winning we need to continue in order to be on everyones wish list.

Our road schedule this year will do us no favors but hopefully we continue to whip 'em at their place.

Aliceinbubbleland said:

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Clearly our appearance in the Big 12 Championship game and the Sugar Bowl boasted our numbers.

That is the type of winning we need to continue in order to be on everyones wish list.

Our road schedule this year will do us no favors but hopefully we continue to whip 'em at their place.

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The article says that the averages were calculated based on regular season games only.

That is shocking...what jumps out to me are Army and Navy .

That's always a highly viewed game.

ACC football is boring outside of Clemson. Pac-12 has been irrelevant for years. Big 12 football is fun to watch. Oklahoma was elite, but rest of the league was all competitive with passionate fans. As a UC fan, I'm excited to be in a league with 12 (maybe 16) great programs.

— Steve Fuller (@fullsteve) July 7, 2022

Facts like this make it hard to understand why ESPN is trying to kill the Big 12.

gobears20 said:

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ACC football is boring outside of Clemson. Pac-12 has been irrelevant for years. Big 12 football is fun to watch. Oklahoma was elite, but rest of the league was all competitive with passionate fans. As a UC fan, I'm excited to be in a league with 12 (maybe 16) great programs.

— Steve Fuller (@fullsteve) July 7, 2022

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Total 2021-22 Pac-12 Football TV Viewers including Bowl Games

39.87M—Oregon
32.80M—Utah
13.29M—UCLA
12.89M—USC
12.51M—ASU
11.84M—Washington
9.65M—WSU
9.28M—Stanford
8.89M—Colorado
6.74M—OSU
4.02M—Arizona
2.29M—Cal

— SportsPac12 (@SportsPac12) July 7, 2022

gobears20 said:

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Total 2021-22 Pac-12 Football TV Viewers including Bowl Games

39.87M—Oregon
32.80M—Utah
13.29M—UCLA
12.89M—USC
12.51M—ASU
11.84M—Washington
9.65M—WSU
9.28M—Stanford
8.89M—Colorado
6.74M—OSU
4.02M—Arizona
2.29M—Cal

— SportsPac12 (@SportsPac12) July 7, 2022

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I'm now conference or TV exec, but I think the focus on markets instead of programs is short sighted.

These were the most-watched #collegefootball games of last season! What games this year will make the list? pic.twitter.com/rsYgLMdIOL

— The Field of 12 (@TheFieldOf12) July 6, 2022

These figures I'm sure are puzzling and just more salt in the wound for Oregon. But it is more than about how was last season's viewership. I'm just saying these are painful for an Oregon partisan to just look at on its face after they still didn't make the cut.

Out of the hundreds (thousands?) of games played last year there is absolutely no shame in #11. I watched from start to finish. One awesome game.

But it really would be hard to merge Oregon and Washington administrators to join Baylor as I presume, but do not know, that they are the antithesis of us. The 4 corners not so much except for outlier Butt Buffs.